The earliest known example of a Bible translation into Ajem-Turkic (also known as Middle Azeri) was made in the 17th century.
[1] The first modern Azerbaijani translation by Mirza Farrukh and Feliks Zaręba was the Gospel of Matthew, published in 1842 in London by Basel Missionary Society.
In 1982, the Institute for Bible Translation in Stockholm, Sweden released a new modern Azerbaijani language translation of the New Testament made by Mirza Khazar, which is currently used in Azerbaijan.
Mirza Khazar's translation being reprinted five times in subsequent years.
Mirza Khazar's translation of The Old Testament was completed in 1984, but not printed.